#24348 [NEW]: extension functions can't return by reference

From: hartmut@php.net Operating system: * PHP version: 5CVS-2003-06-26 (dev) PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: extension functions can't return by reference Description: ------------ functions implemented in a C extension can't return by reference while native PHP functions can (although one would expect that you can do *more* with a function implemented in C, not *less*) this first came to mind when someone requested func_get_arg() to be extended to fetch parameters by reference so that you can implement PHP functions that take a variable number of parameters by reference ... there seems to becode somewhere in the Zend Engine that always de-references return values ...? -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=24348&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24348&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24348&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24348&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24348&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24348&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24348&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24348&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24348&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24348&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24348&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24348&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24348&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24348&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=24348&r=gnused